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| Jeroen Perceval | ... | ||
| Jeanne Dandoy | ... | ||
| Barbara Sarafian | ... |
Eva Forrestier
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| Tibo Vandenborre | ... | ||
| Frank Lammers | ... |
Sam Raymond
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Sam Louwyck | ... |
Marc DeKuyper
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Robin Valvekens | ... |
Jonge Jacky Vanmarsenille
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Baudoin Wolwertz | ... | |
| David Murgia | ... |
Jonge Bruno Schepers
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Erico Salamone | ... |
Christian Filippini
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Philippe Grand'Henry | ... |
David Filippini
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| Kris Cuppens | ... |
Jean Vanmarsenille
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Sofie Sente | ... |
Irene Vanmarsenille
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Kristof Renson | ... |
Stieve Vanmarsenille
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Sint-Truiden, Belgium. The young Limburg cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Matthias Schoenaerts), is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a mysterious secret from Jacky's past, set in motion a chain of events with far-reaching consequences. BULLHEAD is an exciting tragedy about fate, lost innocence and friendship, about crime and punishment, but also about conflicting desires and the irreversibility of a man's destiny. Written by Polly_Kat
I found this film remarkable for its ability to stir feelings of sympathy for a kind of character who seems utterly brutish and unredeemable. Jacky is a brute, the kind of man who all too often resorts to abominable acts of violence when he's aroused. And yet, thanks to the portrait of Jacky drawn by the director and by the actor, we cannot help but feel great sorrow for him. Yes, Jacky does terrible, terrible things over the course of the film, but by the end I was sobbing for him. Maybe it's simply "tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner", but whatever that emotion was I felt at the film's end it was something that revealed to me (and one would hope to all who see this film) a terrifying and redemptive bond of common humanity.